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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 positive patients at hospital admission

From: Older age and frailty are the chief predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients admitted to an acute medical unit in a secondary care setting- a cohort study

Characteristics

Total

215

Group-1

Alive

129

Group-2 Deceased

86

P-Value (Alive vs Deceased)

Age

74 (60–82)

67 (57–79)

80 (73–86)

< 0.001

Gender, Male

133 (61.9)

82 (63.5)

51 (59.3)

0.53

Ethnicity, Caucasian

188 (87.4)

111 (86)

77 (89.5)

0.45

Care home resident

60 (27.9)

23 (17.8)

37 (43)

< 0.001

Frailty

110 (51.2)

41 (37.3)

69 (62.7)

< 0.001

Smoking

120 (55.8)

65 (50.4)

55 (63.9)

0.05

Weight

78 (67–92)

84.5 (71.6–100)

70 (63–84)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2

28 (24–32)

29.4 (26–34)

26 (23–29)

< 0.001

Hypertension

114 (53)

62 (48.1)

52 (60.5)

0.07

Diabetes mellitus

65 (30.2)

42 (32.5)

23 (26.7)

0.36

CVD

93 (43.3)

43 (33.3)

50 (58.1)

< 0.001

IHD and MI

53 (24.7)

28 (21.7)

25 (29.1)

0.22

CCF

39 (18.1)

15 (11.6)

24 (27.9)

0.002

CVA

30 (14)

11 (8.5)

19 (22.1)

0.005

CKD (stage 3–5)

42 (19.5)

24 (18.6)

18 (20.9)

0.67

Cancer

19 (8.8)

13 (10.1)

6 (7)

0.43

Respiratory diseases

65 (30.2)

32 (24.8)

33 (38.4)

0.03

On RASi treatment

54 (25)

37 (28.7)

17 (19.8)

0.09

Immunosuppression

12 (5.6)

6 (4.6)

6 (7)

0.47

Trial participation

39 (18.1)

27 (20.9)

12 (13.9)

0.19

Presenting complaint

 Shortness of breath

172 (80)

100 (77.5)

72 (83.7)

0.27

 Fever

98 (45.6)

66 (51.2)

32 (37.2)

0.08

 Cough

122 (56.7)

92 (71.3)

30 (34.8)

< 0.001

Mechanical ventilation

24 (11.2)

12 (9.3)

12 (13.9)

0.20

Non-invasive ventilation

16 (7.5)

9 (7.0)

7 (5.4)

0.75

Intubation & Ventilation

8 (3.7)

3 (3.5)

5 (5.8)

0.19

Hospital inpatient (days)

5 (2–10)

5 (2–10)

5 (3–9)

0.47

  1. Continuous variables are expressed as median (interquartile range) and p-Value by Man-Whitney U test
  2. Categorical variables are expressed as number (%) and p-Value by Chi-square test
  3. Weight missing in 12/215, BMI missing in 15/215
  4. BMI Body mass index, CVD Cardio vascular disease; includes at least one of the following- ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial infarction (MI), congestive cardiac failure (CCF), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), CKD Chronic kidney disease, RASi Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors. Respiratory diseases include a composite of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary fibrosis